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Now in diner with @asheresque and @sarahw. All of us are astonished that we enjoyed THE GREAT GATSBY. Luhrmann is the new Ken Russell.
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I wrote about my high school Gatsby experience for @Medium. It's different from how other people read the book. medium.com/classic-lit/b0…
E.M. Hull: E.L. James then Rudolph Valentino: ??? (or, guess what we'll remember in about 90 years.)
A tough week for NYC media outlets ends with the dispiriting news of layoffs and budget shortfalls at the CJR. capitalnewyork.com/article/media/…
David Hare to adapt Katherine Boo's BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS for the London National Theater in 2014. artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/kat…
So that you might all enjoy on this glorious Friday afternoon, the entirety of ALI AND HIS GANG VS. TOOTH DECAY. bit.ly/10nKta1
Ditto on this. RT @drmabuse "Henry Miller, Brooklyn Hater" -- good piece by ex-@NYDNBooks books man @alexnazaryan. is.gd/TfotNp
Animated, with a talking pigeon. What the eff?! RT @TheWrap 'Mike Tyson Mysteries' Coming to Adult Swim tinyurl.com/bqm8pw3
My new column! Fradkin, Spano, Batten. RT @npbooks Crimewave: The Whisper of Legends, Death’s Last Run, Take Five natpo.st/YKAe5p
Seriously. RT @michelledean Journalists need some kind of tag for, “I did not write the hed on this”
Booked for Murder in Madison, WI will close on May 15. On June 15, in a new location, it turns into Mystery to Me. bit.ly/11Y2z4I
As always, when a major crime that hits national news, Jane Dystel sells a quickie book to Charlie Spicer at SMP. Cleveland no exception.
?! MT @ditzkoff don't understand how it's possible, but there's a new album of Andy Kaufman material coming in July. nyti.ms/10fGosp
Wow. RT @vidiot_: Wow. Something I never knew about my friend @rosemauralorre. Powerful story. When I was kidnapped bit.ly/176UzEE
#plnws Congrats? Former Borders CFO Ed Wilhelm Joins Board of Books-a-Million publun.ch/176VyVa
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"Veteran VMG editor and newsman Pete Kotz will temporarily direct the talented Village Voice staff." Oh dear. gawker.com/musto-is-the-o…
.@literaticat you are correct, this is the proper link. gawker.com/musto-is-the-o…
And yes follow @tromano who has been on a beautiful, epic rant about what's ailed VV the last few years for the last hour or so.
Utter headdesk that the Voice wants to fire Michael Musto, but La Dolce Musto should be independently owned anyway. publishersmarketplace.com/dealmakers/det…
Whoa RT @carr2n Top Editors Abruptly Leave Village Voice nyti.ms/13kdBnK @willbourneo & @jessicalustig say no to further layoffs.
If I get an email about Dan Brown INFERNO cupcakes oh my god can't even finish this tweet
Hardly surprised here. RT @capitalnewyork Now the 'New York Post' offers buyouts; seeks 10-percent staff reduction capi.tl/ZREXkc
Thanks to Booklist's Book Group Buzz blog for a nice writeup on TROUBLED DAUGHTERS and "kitchen noir": bit.ly/12gQfhy
So applicable in so many ways. RT @espiers Thing I wrote for Medium: What You Do Is Not (Necessarily) Who You Are: medium.com/architecting-a…
Someone should do a tally of all the people who attended the Women in Criticism panel last night because I like lists and it would amuse me.
Haha me too. RT @meganeabbott I only want to read negative reviews of the Gatsby movie and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
Uh, who thought it was a good idea to do a Nazi-themed production of Wagner's TANNHAUSER? Yeesh. gu.com/p/3fytb/tw (via @DavidGrann)
RT @itsmarkmedley I sat down with Claire Messud the other day to talk about The Woman Upstairs: natpo.st/10t0OLA
Take TechCrunch's understanding of Nook/MSFT document leak with a grain of salt. We explain at @PublishersLunch. bit.ly/146fzXH
So how *do* you market a movie that promises never-before-revealed secrets about JD Salinger? By stealth, per NYT. nytimes.com/2013/05/09/mov…
Waiting on the Women & Criticism panel and pretty much believe I know the entire audience by avatar, which means I hardly know anyone.
And this: "The E-book Fiction and Non-Fiction lists are now exclusive to both nytimes.com and the advance Best Sellers List."
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"Prices are not posted, as there is such wide variance among platforms." NYTBR Best Sellers List decides to dump prices going forward.
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So the apparent moral is that we're not allowed to have flawed "heroes" who learn from their mistakes. thesmokinggun.com/documents/clev… (via @tayari)
This is the first quarter that I can remember that HarperCollins stopped using a specific adjective to describe how they did. End of era.
So shortsighted and stupid of the Daily News to lay off @alexnazaryan, which imperils future of @NYDNBooks.
At least a dozen NY Daily News staffers axed, including @alexnazaryan. Goddam. Future of @NYDNBooks in jeopardy? is.gd/wycwn1
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I have now been here twice for (very good) milkshakes and it is the silliest place on the UWS. sugarandplumm.com
Sucks about layoffs at the NY Daily News, including Joanna Molloy, per @joepompeo. capitalnewyork.com/article/media/…
Thank you, @darth, for coming through in a big way: pic.twitter.com/AwlKGCKJ5U
.@BloombergNews It is not "BREAKING" that authors are suing Google. They have been since 2005.
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Well then. RT @BloombergNews: BREAKING: Authors sue Google for $3 billion in damages over digital books project
Oh god I wish my photoshop skills were such that I could make YANN MARTEL, PET DETECTIVE a reality. Alas.
So I'm not quite ready to commit to this statement fully but...I think PI fiction is making a comeback. And about time, too.
Congrats to all the Anthony Award nominees! bouchercon.info/nominees.html
Wonderful G&M feature on ASA Harrison, who died before her debut thriller THE SILENT WIFE pubbed. m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/… (via @BenWillisUK)
USA TODAY's books section takes a big hit as Deirdre Donahue, Carol Memmott, and Craig Wilson all took buyouts. Donahue leaves on Friday.
That about sums it up. RT @susanorlean: I simply can't believe Mark Sanford won. Really, South Carolina? REALLY??
Great piece RT @DavidGrann One of the most detailed stories on case of kidnapped women & history of alleged suspect. clevescene.com/scene-and-hear…